Opportunists have been slammed for selling tubs of hand sanitiser gel for extortionate prices on eBay.
Popular brands including Carex, Cuticura and Purell are currently being listed for hundreds of pounds - with some listings exceeding £1000.
A four pack of Cuticura Original 250ml - that can be viewed on the Boots website for £2 each - are being listed for £99.99 on eBay.
Twelve 50ml bottles of Carex hand gel - usually priced at £1 each on the high street - are being listed for £899.
And six 60ml bottles of travel-size Purell hand sanitiser gel are currently selling for a whopping £1,168.99.
The price spikes on the eBay website follow on from the reported shortages of hand sanitiser on the high street.
Earlier this week, the Manchester Evening News reported that several brands of hand gel at Boots on Market Street were out of stock.
Boots also displayed signs limiting customers to two hand sanitisers per person.
And when we visited Superdrug in the Arndale, shelves designated for antibacterial hygiene products were empty.
People across the UK have noticed the spiking price of hand sanitiser on eBay.
In a post earlier today, one Twitter user tweeted: "Mildly interesting: put 'hand sanitiser' into eBay and look at the completed listings.
"750pc mark up on some of this, jeez."
Another Twitter user - who noticed four inexpensive bottles of Lidl's hand sanitiser listed on eBay for £39.99 - took to social media to share her opinion.
She wrote: "50p Lidl hand sanitiser being sold at rip off prices while the shops are selling out of the stuff.
"They are clearly selling our due to folk buying to make ridiculous profit.
"Why is this even allowed on @eBay?"
As well as the eye-watering prices - other users have started listing some questionable hygiene products.
A social media user was shocked to find a seller listing a half-used bottle of Cuticura of passion flower and mango scented hand gel for 50p.
A spokesperson from eBay said: "On our marketplace, eBay has been employing a combination of digital and manual surveillance tools to remove products marketed with the term 'coronavirus' which violates our policies regarding making unsubstantiated health claims.
"We are also taking action to mitigate the inflated price of listings on the site.”
